Leyne
Jeremy Leyne, MD.
Actually named
Diarmaid
in Irish,
which is anglicized as Jeremiah or Jeremy, and also Dermot.
"Jeremias O'Leyne" in medical degree.
"Jeremy Leyne" in will index.
See
wikitree.
See
entry
in
tree
by
Patrick Lyons.
He was educated in France.
Got medical degree in 1739.
He mar 1745 to
Elizabeth O'Connell.
He was a doctor in Tralee.
He died 1772.
They had issue:
Maurice Leyne, MD.
See wikitree.
He was educated in France.
He mar 1786 to Agnes McGillycuddy
[descendant of Edward III].
In 1806 he witnessed the memorial of the
will
of
Arthur Blennerhassett, of Fortfield
(died 1790).
Memorial made in 1806.
He died 26 Jan 1833 (NOT 1823).
They had issue:
Capt. Richard Leyne,
born 1790.
See wikitree.
He mar 1817, Tralee, to
Elizabeth O'Connor
[bapt 1 Dec 1798, descendant of Edward III].
He died 1864.
They had issue:
-
Maurice Richard Leyne,
bapt 1820.
He was a grandnephew through his mother
of Daniel O'Connell.
However
he joined the
Young Irelanders,
who carried out an abortive
rebellion
in 1848.
Leyne was jailed for his involvement in the Young Ireland movement.
He died in 1854 or 1855.
-
John Gerald Leyne,
Jack,
born 1841 (by age at death).
Leyne wills
Leyne wills listed in
Ardfert and Aghadoe Will Index (up to 1858).
See also
entries in
[Index to Irish Wills, vol.3].
References
- Lyne on
pp.330-331
of
[Hickson, vol.1, 1872].
- Leyne on pp.246-248
of
[O'Connell, vol.1, 1892].
- "Dr. Dermot Lyne",
by Gerard J. Lyne,
Journal of the KAHS,
no.8,
1975, pp.45-72.
- Extracts from Leyne Manuscript,
by John T Collins.
[O'Kief] Vol. 11,
pp.926-930.
- See p.926
on Ancestry copy.
- See p.926
on FamilySearch copy.
- Notebook of Maurice Leyne:
- Notebook containing poems written while he was in jail, 1848.
MS 34,938 A
in
[NLI].
Also contains loose notes about Leyne.
- Letter from
Louise Gavan Duffy,
95 Stephens Green, Dublin.
Sometime in 1945-1969.
Research into the life of Maurice Leyne.
- Microfilm copy of notebook, plus the loose notes, in
N.6305, P.7142.
Manuscripts and notes
Sources yet to be consulted
